Résumé:
The notion of the American Dream inspired several writers and critics who had interpreted it.
Both Fitzgerald, the American writer, and Ng, the Chinese American writer, adhered to
express the meaning of the American Dream through different angles. Both writers reflected
the natives and Chinese Americans, respectively. This entails a comparative study between
both writers’ masterpieces, The Great Gatsby and Bone. Specifically, the American
comparative school is required since both narratives are written in English. Both literary
works did not solely define the American Dream on its own scale, but they have been trying
to link it to the quest of identity that it is highly investigated by modern and postmodern
writers through fictional characters. Both Fitzgerald and Ng focused on the endless struggles
of the individuals who search to realize the American Dream and the luxury life. Some
characters collided with the frightening reality, which imposes on them to adopt a new
identity other than theirs. For others, they reckoned that their unbridled desire to win the
American Dream will be subsided because of their failure. In this case, it will not be easy for
them to perceive failure. They will have a negative view around the world that can be
gradually developed to achieve absurdism.
